Where does “pompotus” come from?

pompotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pömpöttää, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

pompotus (Finnish): bouncing causing to move quickly up and down

Definitions

  1. bouncing causing to move quickly up and down

Ancestry of “pompotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpömpöttääto bulge
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →